378:
459:
641:
539:
374:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate brigades, companies and batteries were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
815:
585:
900:
288:
43:
67:
84:
1172:) led to further reductions in coast defences in April 1944: 559th and 571st Coast Rgts were disbanded and 570th had all their batteries assigned to it, 24 and 33 Coast Observer Detachments replacing 105 and 106, though they also left in July. By this stage of the war many of the coast battery positions were manned by
1193:
was formed as a new unit at
Cardiff, though it is unclear why it was not considered as a successor to 531st Coast Rgt. In 1950 the 'Welsh' subtitle was changed to 'Glamorgan'. However, it was soon afterwards decided to reduce the number of TA coast regiments, and in 1953 the regiment was amalgamated
421:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. By this stage of the war, the Glamorgan RGA serving in the Swansea and Severn Defences of Western Command consisted of just three companies, the rest having formed batteries for overseas
393:
and there was an urgent need for batteries of siege artillery to be sent to France. The WO decided that the TF coastal gunners were well enough trained to take over many of the duties in the coastal defences, releasing
Regular RGA gunners for service in the field, and 1st line RGA companies that had
1106:
By 1942 the threat from German attack had diminished and there was demand for trained gunners for the fighting fronts. A process of reducing the manpower in the coast defences began. 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Rgt was stood down 7 December 1942, completing on 31 December. Its three remaining batteries
477:
According to WO Instruction No 181 of 16 December 1915, 96th Siege
Battery was to be formed at Pembroke Dock by three officers and 78 other ranks (the establishment of a full company) drawn from the Glamorgan RGA. The battery actually formed on 1 January 1916 with three officers and 90 men from the
694:
402nd Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Lavernock on 17 March 1917 from a nucleus provided by details of the Glamorganshire RGA. It went out to the Western Front on 30 July and joined First Army in August. The battery was then broken up, one section going to reinforce 17th Siege Bty, the other to
759:
on the outbreak of war in
September 1939 with the single 181 Battery under command. Cardiff and Barry were designated Class A defended ports, with guns installed in peacetime, though the defence schemes of both were still being prepared. On 12 April 1940 plans were made for 6-inch guns to be
573:
121st Siege Bty was joined by a section from 428th Siege Bty and expanded to six 9.2-inch howitzers by the end of 1917. The battery was caught up in the 'Great
Retreat' of March 1918, but returned during the Hundred Days campaign, including supporting the assault crossing of the
791:
on 21 July and completed by 24 August. These guns were moved around as required: as of
November 1940, Cardiff and Barry had four 6-inch guns, Swansea had two 6-inch and two 4.7-inch, and Llanelli had one 4-inch. Although designated a major port, Newport still had no guns.
561:
121st Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Pembroke Dock on 22 March 1916 under Army Council Instruction 701 of 31 March 1916 with 3 officers and 78 other ranks from the Glamorgan RGA. It went out to the Western Front in July 1916, manning four 9.2-inch howitzers, and joined
724:. In 1924 the RGA was subsumed into the RA. In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. The unit was responsible for manning the two 6-inch guns at Lavernock Battery near Cardiff, and the two 4.7-inch guns at
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detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties. The separate HQ for Severn Fixed
Defences was also disbanded, and the regiment came directly under Western Command. 570th Coast Rgt itself was disbanded at Barry on 1 June 1945, shortly after
954:
At the end of 1941 the defences of the Severn Estuary were completely reorganised: Cardiff Fire Command was reorganised into three separate fire commands, with 531st Rgt in Docks FC. 531st Rgt lost four of its batteries to two new coast regiments,
679:. On 14 November the battery transferred to 80th HAG, but that headquarters was sent to the Italian Front, so the battery came under the command of other HAGs until January 1918, when it became 'Army Troops' and was no longer attached to a HAG.
1206:, with R and S Btys provided by the 664th. The new regiment took the subtitle 'Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire' in 1954, but the Coast Artillery Branch of the RA was disbanded on 31 December 1956. The Glamorgan batteries were amalgamated into
394:
volunteered for overseas service had been authorised to increase their strength by 50 per cent. Although complete defended ports units never went overseas, they did supply trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
603:
172nd Siege Battery, RGA, was raised at Cardiff with three officers and 78 other ranks from the Glamorgan RGA under Army Council Instruction 1239 of 21 June 1916. It went out to the Western Front on 12 September 1916 equipped with four
806:
Britain's coastal defences reached their height in September 1941, by which time Cardiff, Swansea and Barry (all defined as major ports) each had two 6-inch guns, and Barry had two 4.7-inch in addition. Newport still only had two
682:
Railway construction lagged during the rapid advances of the Hundred Days Offensive and the battery was left behind in the Salient. It was still serving with Second Army when the Armistice came into force in November 1918.
608:. It was engaged in the preparation for the Arras Offensive and at Passchendaele. 172nd Siege Bty was joined by a section from 415th Siege Bty on 26 August 1917, and brought up to a strength of six 6-inch howitzers.
2255:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 14 May 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/122.
2291:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 7: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (July 1943), with amendments, TNA file WO 212/124.
2267:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 12 December 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO
711:
After the TF was demobilised in 1919 the Glamorgan RGA was placed in suspended animation. It was reformed from Nos 1–3 Companies at Cardiff in 1920, with one battery. When the TF was reconstituted as the
872:
524:, where the British artillery suffered badly from counter-battery fire, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire. It then served through the defensive battles of the
505:. As the final bombardment began on Z Day (1 July), the battery fired with such intensity that the oil in the guns' hydraulic recoil buffers boiled. However, the Gommecourt attack was a disaster.
2455:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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735:
made recommendations for the defence of 15 home ports, and another eight schemes were added in 1929, including Swansea, Barry, Cardiff and Newport, but little was done to modernise them.
2827:
2837:
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a massive programme of coastal defences was initiated. Although this mainly involved the likely invasion areas of South and South-East England, an emergency battery of two
2832:
1050:
422:
service. These companies were given a slightly higher establishment (five officers and 100 other ranks) and renumbered, abolishing the 1st and 2nd Line distinction:
997:
2300:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Coast Artillery and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (1 April 1944), with amendments, TNA file WO 212/120.
937:
930:
654:
598:
556:
415:
411:
407:
403:
696:
472:
399:
1291:
As an established TA unit it could not be simply disbanded, and was probably placed in 'suspended animation' at this time, although it was never reformed.
1231:
256:
of the 1st Glamorganshire since 22 July 1864, retained the position with both units after 1 June 1890, though each had its own lieutenant-colonel and
163:
from 1890 to 1942. Although it never saw action in its coastal defence role, it formed several siege batteries of heavy howitzers for service on the
1238:
1181:, together with 170, 184, 187, 189, 205, 366, 422, 430 and 431 Btys; the remaining TA batteries (145, 146 and 299) went into suspended animation.
196:
2215:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 16 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/118.
377:
2847:
2727:
2684:
2669:
2507:
2492:
2201:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 1 June 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/117.
1375:
1363:
771:
made a number of 6-inch guns available to the army for coastal defence, and when the whole of the UK was put on invasion alert after the
1251:
634:
on 23 October. By 1 November the Austrian army had collapsed and the pursuing British troops had left their heavy guns far in the rear.
319:
of three companies was formed. The Glamorgan RGA was designated as a Defended Ports unit in Western Coast Defences, which was based at
253:
1203:
458:
2712:
2654:
2639:
2617:
2602:
2587:
2561:
2542:
2477:
2462:
2056:
1195:
1046:
431 Bty – twin 6-pounder QF battery formed at 73rd Coast Training Rgt, Lydstep, 11 September; to Swansea and joined 15 December 1941
713:
700:
316:
264:
893:
430 Bty – twin 6-pounder QF battery formed at 73rd Coast Training Rgt, Lydstep, 11 September; to Cardiff and joined 7 November 1941
398:
to form new units for front line service, and the Glamorgan RGA is known to have raised at least five siege batteries in this way:
640:
187:
following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
1095:
756:
624:
498:
2427:
2407:
2396:
2382:
2371:
671:
on the Flanders coast. 10th HAG transferred to Fourth Army HQ on 1 August. The battery joined 76th HAG with Second Army in the
296:
1107:
assigned to 570th Coast Rgt, which together with other reassignments gave Severn Defences the following organisation in 1943:
1094:
531st, 570th and 571st Coast Rgts were under HQ Severn Defences, while 559th, further west at the Mumbles, was directly under
2782:
1534:
808:
721:
575:
168:
1037:
1030:
1020:
990:
862:
2806:
2309:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
732:
2801:
803:) was formed on 18 October 1940 at Mumbles, with 401 and 402 Btys, joined on 22 October by B Bty from 531st Coast Rgt.
538:
1173:
664:
612:
517:
509:
483:
386:
350:
The Glamorgan RGA mobilised in August 1914 as part of No 26 Coastal Fire Command, responsible for the following guns:
164:
2470:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
1144:
106 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by December 1942, to 532nd Coast Rgt by July 1943, returned by November 1943
780:
776:
364:
355:
738:
On 1 November 1938 the coast brigades were redesignated as heavy regiments, hence the unit at Cardiff became the
668:
631:
605:
2149:
2694:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
1223:
578:
on 29 September and participating in the crushing artillery barrages of the victorious Hundred Days offensive.
272:
257:
235:
109:
2085:
370:
After the outbreak of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
2318:
2277:
2045:
879:
676:
525:
521:
814:
529:
513:
479:
482:
C.H.M. Sturgis. It went out to the Western Front on 21 May 1916 and joined 19th Heavy Artillery Group in
308:
567:
2530:
842:
487:
249:
245:
140:
17:
2241:
2227:
2185:
630:
The British guns participated in the final battle on the Italian Front, the stunning success of the
2610:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
1189:
When the TA was reformed in 1947, 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment was formally disbanded, and the
616:
502:
2516:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
1483:
2513:
1207:
1169:
772:
725:
191:
in time of need. A number of Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were formed for coastal defence in
184:
1379:
584:
2737:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
211:. After reorganisation these became 11 batteries (companies from 1891) distributed as follows:
2723:
2708:
2680:
2665:
2650:
2635:
2613:
2598:
2583:
2557:
2538:
2503:
2488:
2473:
2458:
1788:
1690:
1211:
971:
Fire Control respectively, while 192 Bty was disbanded. This gave the following organisation:
899:
768:
660:
300:
241:
136:
91:
478:
Glamorgan RGA and 64 recruits from the Pembroke Dock RGA establishment, under the command of
1497:
764:
395:
818:
BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun in typical coast defence mounting (this example is preserved at
2677:
A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
2595:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
2575:
983:
130 Bty – became independent 14 October 1942 (passed into suspended animation 1 June 1945)
968:
451:
304:
287:
275:(RGA) and when the divisional structure was abolished the Cardiff unit was designated the
268:
87:
83:
42:
1691:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/4.
799:, with 181 Bty expanded to A and B Btys. In addition, 21st Coast Artillery Group (later
390:
72:
2438:
2821:
883:
819:
672:
620:
563:
543:
320:
1271:
795:
On 5 September 1940 the coastal artillery was reorganised, and the regiment became
188:
156:
2807:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
2556:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
667:
battery and went out to the Western Front on 10 June 1917, joining 19th HAG with
2472:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1254:, as a memorial to the 69 men of the Glamorgan RGA who died during World War I.
788:
192:
172:
160:
2457:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
849:
371:
291:
A gunner of the Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery in dress uniform, 1908
926:
298 Bty at Mumbles Hill – redesignated from B/531 Bty joined 22 October 1940
2662:
Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
964:
1168:
The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
826:
At this stage of the war, the coast defences in Glamorgan were as follows:
619:. It went into action supporting the Italian army holding the line of the
811:, as did Llanelli. Port Talbot had a defence battery of two 4-inch guns.
784:
219:
2791:
2632:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
720:
It consisted of HQ and 181 Heavy Battery at the Drill Hall, Cardiff, in
611:
In November 1917 the battery was part of the reinforcements sent to the
2735:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2535:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
1059:
36 (Mobile) Defence Troop, RA – joined January 1942, disbanded May 1942
675:
on 21 September, while Second Army was fighting the last stages of the
491:
315:. The 'Pembroke' part of the title was dropped in 1910 when a separate
229:
207:, and the batteries grouped round Cardiff were separated to form a new
204:
200:
119:
2647:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2612:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2550:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1275:
1178:
542:
Positioning a 9.2-inch howitzer and its ammunition in the mud of the
2796:
986:
170 Independent Bty – returned from 560th Coast Rgt 14 October 1942
890:, 14 August and attached; to Cardiff and regimented 7 November 1941
2627:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1279:
898:
887:
813:
639:
583:
537:
457:
376:
286:
223:
2580:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
436:
In April 1918 the Cardiff/Barry Garrison manned guns as follows:
381:
Drill hall, Gladstone Road, Barry. Built for No 5 Company in 1914
199:
of 17 batteries. In 1890 the unit's headquarters (HQ) moved from
2485:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
2548:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
943:
32 and 33 Coast Observer Detachments – joined by December 1941
2500:
Shepard's War: E.H. Shepard, The Man who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh
2720:
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915–1919
2749:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During December, 1915
779:
was authorised on 12 June for Penarth, and two more of two
2742:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During October, 1914
497:
96th Siege Battery saw its first action preparing for the
271:(RA). In 1899 the artillery volunteers became part of the
2811:
644:
Loading a 12-inch railway howitzer on the Western Front.
2537:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1270:
The original 2nd Glamorganshire AVC had been formed at
1141:
105 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by December 1942
1138:
1, 2 Coast Observer Detachments – disbanded by May 1943
1157:
78 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by November 1943
637:
172nd Battery was disbanded by the end of March 1919.
443:
Penarth Head, Cardiff Battery – 2 x 6-inch Mk VII guns
1376:"2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org"
1088:
365, 366 Btys – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
1075:
188, 189 Btys – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
1043:
422 Bty – joined from 561st Coast Rgt 1 November 1942
195:, and by the 1880s they had been consolidated as the
2554:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1364:
1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org.
2763:
Army Council Instructions issued during April, 1917
2756:
Army Council Instructions issued during March, 1916
1933:Philip Warner, 'The Piave: Italian Counterattack',
1274:on 2 June 1860, and later established batteries at
1210:while the Pembroke batteries were amalgamated into
929:166 Bty at Mumbles Rock – formed 27 March 1941; to
861:170 Bty – joined from Home Forces 16 July 1941; to
623:and in June 1918 supported the defences during the
570:. It was later engaged at Arras and Passchendaele.
440:
Nells Point, Barry Battery – 2 x 6-inch Mk VII guns
307:of 1908, the 1st Glamorganshire transferred to the
130:
125:
115:
105:
97:
78:
60:
52:
31:
2692:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
2057:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1119:24 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by July 1943
903:6-pounder QF Mk I in twin coastal artillery mount.
588:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
2843:Military units and formations established in 1890
1789:'Allocation of HA Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
663:near Cardiff on 21 January 1917. It trained as a
2337:
2335:
1920:Kurt Peball, 'The Piave: Austria's last Throw',
1649:
1512:
1510:
1508:
1026:299 Bty – joined from 562nd Coast Rgt 2 May 1942
868:188 Bty – joined from Home Forces 11 August 1941
2597:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
2582:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
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1072:145 Bty – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
462:9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
1336:
1334:
1135:205 Bty – from 537th Coast Rgt 7 December 1942
2828:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2625:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2524:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
716:(TA) in 1921, the unit was designated as the
655:359th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
599:172nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
557:121st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
8:
1069:HQ Flat Holm, moved to Barry 7 December 1942
1016:146 Bty – to 570th Coast Rgt 7 December 1942
473:96th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
197:1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
47:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
2797:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
2664:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2287:
2285:
2263:
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2251:
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2211:
2209:
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2197:
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2041:
2039:
1840:
1838:
1836:
1282:before being absorbed into the 1st in 1880.
913:redesignated from 21st CA Group 1 June 1941
767:turned against the Allies in May 1940, the
686:359th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
581:121st Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
2838:Military units and formations in Glamorgan
2571:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966.
1898:
1896:
1894:
1232:Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
535:96th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
41:
2698:Purnell's History of the Second World War
1350:
1348:
1346:
1208:281st (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1098:until it joined Severn Defences in 1942.
873:524th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Coast Rgt
838:A Bty – redesignated 130 Bty 1 April 1941
731:A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
566:in Fifth Army on 15 July in time for the
323:, and it had the following organisation:
2833:Military units and formations in Cardiff
2428:289–322 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2408:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2397:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2383:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2372:638–677 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2237:
2235:
2223:
2221:
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2177:
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2159:
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2119:
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2066:
2064:
2008:
2006:
1975:Purnell's History of the First World War
1935:Purnell's History of the First World War
1922:Purnell's History of the First World War
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1684:
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1678:
1676:
1674:
1672:
1239:Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth
1212:302nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1049:32 Coast Observer Detachment – left for
858:145 Independent Bty – joined 1 July 1941
2392:
2390:
1418:
1416:
1414:
1412:
1410:
1408:
1406:
1303:
1263:
153:2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
32:2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
2645:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
1784:
1782:
1780:
1778:
1776:
1580:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
311:and the 2nd Glamorganshire became the
28:
2772:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
2770:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
2751:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1919.
2744:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1917.
2518:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2113:Frederick, pp. 603–11, 632, 640, 643.
1973:Franco Velsecchi, 'Vittorio Veneto',
1879:Falls, pp. 89–92, 131–2, 143, 157–67.
1857:Army Council Instructions March 1916.
1589:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
385:By October 1914, the campaign on the
18:570th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
7:
2649:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2634:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
36:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment, RA
2722:, London: Faber & Faber, 2008,
1319:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1–3.
1252:St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
277:2nd Glamorganshire RGA (Volunteers)
215:HQ and Nos 1–7 Companies at Cardiff
2679:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2487:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1204:Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock
34:Glamorgan Royal Garrison Artillery
25:
2802:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1354:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 81.
1434:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 6.
1400:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 5.
976:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
831:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
797:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
625:Second Battle of the Piave River
499:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
454:Island Battery – 2 x 4.7-inch QF
263:The new unit formed part of the
82:
65:
2792:British Army units from 1945 on
2765:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2758:, London: HM Stationery Office.
852:South – joined 31 December 1940
432:2/2 Company became No 3 Company
429:1/3 Company became No 2 Company
426:1/2 Company became No 1 Company
2705:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1623:WO Instructions December 1915.
855:192 Bty – formed 27 March 1941
659:359th Siege Battery formed at
508:Later the battery served with
490:in existing emplacements near
1:
1902:Shepard, in Campbell, p. 125.
733:Committee of Imperial Defence
718:Glamorgan Coast Brigade, RGA.
447:The Swansea Garrison manned:
254:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
2848:1890 establishments in Wales
2242:571 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2228:570 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2186:559 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2150:531 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
1977:, Vol 7, No 14, pp. 3064–71.
1911:Thompson, pp. 328–30, 344–7.
1191:664th (Welsh) Coast Regiment
1132:145, 146, 170, 187, 430 Btys
1122:33 Coast Observer Detachment
1056:33 Coast Observer Detachment
909:559th Special Coast Regiment
801:559th Special Coast Regiment
740:Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, RA
722:53rd (Welsh) Divisional Area
520:in the latter stages of the
486:on 25 May, taking over four
330:Nos 1–3 Companies at Cardiff
155:was a part-time unit of the
2700:, London: Purnell, 1969–71.
1937:, Vol 7, No 6, pp. 2839–47.
1705:, pp. 106, 172; Appendix 3.
1250:There is a stone tablet in
1234:, appointed 1 November 1890
781:BL 4-inch Mk VII naval guns
777:BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns
665:BL 12-inch railway howitzer
528:followed by the victorious
159:that defended the coast of
2864:
2707:, London: Longmans, 1980,
1924:, Vol 7, No 6, pp. 2833–8.
1830:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
1196:425th (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
1051:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
755:The regiment mobilised in
652:
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554:
470:
313:Glamorgan and Pembroke RGA
299:was subsumed into the new
228:Nos 9 and 10 Companies at
2812:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
2690:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2608:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2593:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2502:, London: LOM Art, 2015,
2022:Titles & Designations
1241:, appointed 12 March 1924
845:– joined 31 December 1940
783:each were authorised for
632:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
40:
2630:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2526:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1808:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
1716:Lack of Offensive Spirit
1703:Lack of Offensive Spirit
1222:The following served as
938:535th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
931:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
690:402nd Siege Battery, RGA
649:359th Siege Battery, RGA
593:172nd Siege Battery, RGA
551:121st Siege Battery, RGA
273:Royal Garrison Artillery
110:Royal Garrison Artillery
1154:184, 188, 189, 366 Btys
677:Battle of Passchendaele
606:6-inch 26 cwt Howitzers
526:German spring offensive
522:Battle of Passchendaele
467:96th Siege Battery, RGA
360:Barry – 2 x 6-inch guns
333:No 4 Company at Penarth
183:The enthusiasm for the
2785:The British Army, 1914
2418:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2362:Maurice-Jones, p. 276.
2341:Frederick, pp. 1011–2.
2086:Collier, Appendix XIX.
2033:Maurice-Jones, p. 221.
2012:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
1799:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 74–8.
1562:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1525:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
936:146 Bty – joined from
920:401 Bty at Port Talbot
904:
871:189 Bty – joined from
823:
760:installed at Swansea.
699:(itself formed by the
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589:
547:
530:Hundred Days Offensive
463:
389:was bogging down into
382:
292:
209:2nd Glamorganshire AVC
2319:Collier, Chapter XXI.
2278:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2046:Collier, Chapter III.
1986:Campbell, pp. 106–19.
1964:Thompson, pp. 356–64.
1888:Campbell, pp. 96–100.
1870:, pp. 307–9; 318–20.
1757:, pp. 358–422, 456–7.
1653:Frederick, pp. 702–7.
902:
817:
643:
615:after the disastrous
587:
541:
494:from 62nd Siege Bty.
461:
380:
336:No 5 Company at Barry
309:Royal Field Artillery
290:
2522:Col John K. Dunlop,
1946:Campbell, pp. 101–4.
1770:, Vol I, pp. 467–71.
1081:571st Coast Regiment
1065:570th Coast Regiment
1009:559th Coast Regiment
2329:Frederick, p. 1029.
1571:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1516:Litchfield, p. 204.
1452:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1443:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1382:on 27 December 2005
1036:402 Bty – left for
1029:401 Bty – left for
1019:298 Bty – left for
996:427 Bty – left for
923:402 Bty at Llanelli
617:Battle of Caporetto
503:Battle of the Somme
279:on 1 January 1902.
2703:Edward M. Spiers,
2623:J.B.M. Frederick,
2483:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2353:Litchfield, p. 83.
2000:Frederick, p. 614.
1955:Falls, pp. 169-77.
1718:, pp. 216–21; 265.
1601:Frederick, p. 697.
1501:, 14 October 1910.
1474:Litchfield, p. 81.
1340:Frederick, p. 658.
1328:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1170:Operation Overlord
1116:299, 422, 431 Btys
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773:Dunkirk evacuation
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568:Battle of Pozières
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488:9.2-inch howitzers
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185:Volunteer movement
2728:978-0-571-22333-6
2685:978-0-9558119-0-6
2670:978-0-9558119-1-3
2508:978-1-910552-10-0
2439:IWM WMR Ref 6664.
1218:Honorary Colonels
661:Lavernock Battery
301:Territorial Force
283:Territorial Force
234:No 11 Company at
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92:Territorial Force
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1096:Western Command
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1033:1 November 1942
1031:561st Coast Rgt
1021:562nd Coast Rgt
998:514th Coast Rgt
991:537th Coast Rgt
989:187 Bty – from
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875:10 October 1941
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993:10 July 1942
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880:6-pounder QF
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751:Mobilisation
746:World War II
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701:Pembroke RGA
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189:British Army
182:
157:British Army
152:
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106:Part of
26:
1753:MacDonald,
1740:MacDonald,
1727:MacDonald,
1714:MacDonald,
1701:MacDonald,
1662:MacDonald,
1386:27 December
1164:Disbandment
1040:26 May 1942
940:28 May 1941
933:3 June 1941
848:366 Bty at
841:365 Bty at
809:12-pounders
789:Port Talbot
621:River Piave
356:6-inch guns
341:World War I
193:South Wales
173:World War I
161:South Wales
116:Garrison/HQ
2822:Categories
2447:References
2171:, Annex H.
2167:Farndale,
2135:, Annex M.
2131:Farndale,
2076:, Annex B.
2072:Farndale,
1866:Farndale,
1848:, Annex M.
1844:Farndale,
1817:Farndale,
1614:, Annex 4.
1610:Farndale,
1549:Farndale,
1174:Home Guard
1023:2 May 1942
1013:HQ Mumbles
980:HQ Cardiff
969:Brean Down
850:Steep Holm
843:Portishead
518:Fifth Army
510:First Army
484:Third Army
372:War Office
133:commanders
126:Commanders
2552:, Vol V,
1766:Edmonds,
1744:, p. 258.
1666:, p. 172.
1423:Army List
1258:Footnotes
965:Flat Holm
769:Admiralty
763:When the
516:and with
295:When the
56:1890–1942
2574:Gen Sir
2268:212/123.
1310:Beckett.
1246:Memorial
1237:Captain
1198:to form
1102:Late War
785:Llanelli
707:Interwar
669:XV Corps
220:Bridgend
1535:Conrad
1230:Lt-Col
1185:Postwar
1003:430 Bty
950:Mid-War
546:, 1917.
501:in the
492:Pommier
452:Mumbles
267:of the
230:Penarth
205:Swansea
201:Cardiff
131:Notable
120:Cardiff
61:Country
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1276:Skewen
1179:VE Day
396:cadres
79:Branch
70:
53:Active
1299:Notes
1280:Neath
1194:with
961:571st
957:570th
888:Tenby
514:Arras
480:Major
416:402nd
412:359th
408:172nd
404:121st
236:Barry
224:Tondu
2724:ISBN
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1768:1916
1537:1914
1388:2005
1278:and
967:and
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151:The
98:Role
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512:at
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